The corpus record

ἀμαθ-ία

amathia · ἡ

ignorance, stupidity

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Where it lives

Protagoras 15 · 8.44/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Against Simon 1 · 4.59/10k
Hippias Minor 2 · 4.59/10k
Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
Hippias Major 3 · 3.55/10k
Symposium 6 · 3.44/10k
Apology 3 · 3.43/10k
Euthydemus 4 · 3.21/10k
Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
Trapeziticus 1 · 3/10k
Theages 1 · 2.88/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀμαθ-ία · amath-ia — LSJ

ignorance, stupidity

ignorance, stupidity, Heraclit. 95, 109, Hp. Art. 67 (v.l. -είην), S. Fr. 924, E. Ph. 584, etc.; opp. δεξιότης, Th. 3.37; ἀ. τινός Democr. 83, X. Mem. 4.2.22; περὶ τὰ μέγιστα Pl. Lg. 688c.

2 boorishness, lack of culture

boorishness, lack of culture, X. Ath. 1.5, E. Cyc. 173, Isoc. 15.248.

3 wilful blindness, sin

wilful blindness, sin, IG 4.951.39 (Epid.), cf. E. Ba. 490.

4 discourtesy, perversity

discourtesy, Id. Med. 224; perversity, Id. HF 1254.

In the wild

ἀμαθία · amathia Aristophanes, Frogs 1109–1111
ἀμαθία · amathia Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 47)
ἀμαθία · amathia Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 44)
ἀμαθίας · amathias Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2 49 (DIORISIS sentence 105)
ἀμαθίᾳ · amathiai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 399)
ἀμαθίαν · amathian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1287)

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Where it came from

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